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This book is an invaluable repository of knowledge that brings clarity to key issues and trends for practitioners, academics and students of luxury brands. It sets out to decode the luxury markets in the primary emerging markets (BRICs) and provide a rich resume of the key factors that influence the effectiveness of luxury brand strategies.

Presents an organizational perspective of social enterprises, which allows us to analyze issues such as their governing structure, their modes of operation and their marketing strategies, and to begin to formulate some theoretical constructs on how these entities can survive and thrive.

Social Entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon that impacts the lives of citizens by using innovative approaches to solving social problems. This book offers a comprehensive examination of this growing area of research and provides an excellent introduction to social entrepreneurship theory and a framework for future research.

Adjudicating Employment Rights compares and analyses institutions for resolving employment rights disputes in ten countries. In addition to detailed individual chapters, the study offers a theoretical perspective and an evaluation of national institutions against key yardsticks.

The first collection to bring together well-known scholars writing from feminist perspectives within Critical Discourse Analysis. The theoretical structure of CDA is illustrated with empirical research from a range of locations (from Europe to Asia; the USA to Australasia) and domains (from parliament to the classroom; the media to the workplace).

This book takes a fresh look at the Minoan Abacus and the Phaistos Disk, and presents recent discoveries about the two Minoan calendars. One of these was for use by priests, for religious ceremonies, while the other was meant for the navy. This suggests elements of a very advanced, almost modern, civilization. Another subject treated in this context is the role the Minoan Labyrinth plays, being the oldest map of the sky. Here, basic models and prototypes are developed from material from such diverse sources as the Orphic texts, Homeric Epics, and Pythagoras and his followers, as well as Plato, Aristotle and others. The interdisciplinary approach will appeal to scientists interested in ancient astronomy, calendars, science and technology.

This is a volume in the new IYPE series commemorating the UN International Year of Planet Earth. It presents the current state-of-the-art in soil sciences, and ways forward for a sustainable future.The book provides a wealth of information on soils offered by new airborne and space-borne sensors, with unprecedented detail, accuracy, rapid regional and global coverage, and also information from deep below the surface. This new data is used in climate models, agricultural and forest production estimates, assessment of land degradation and improvement, water resources management, and estimation of erosion and sedimentation. The book discusses how good intelligence can support interventions to arrest salinity, identify shallow groundwater resources, design water storages and other engineering works, and assess land suitability for particular uses. TOC:1.Introduction: Context of Land Use and Management.- Part 1.The Status of the Soils. 2.The Soils.- 3.Soil Composition and Texture.- 4.Soil Mineralogy and Elemental Composition.- 5.Absorption Capacity and Reaction.- 6.Soluble Salts and Soil Solution.- 7.Humus - the Mainspring of Fertility.- 8.The Nitrogen Riddle.- 9.Phosphorus and Sulphur Budgets.- 10.Life in the Soil.- 11.Soil Structure, Soil Water and Drought.- 12.The Chernozem Family.- 13.Land Degradation and Accommodating Soil Diversity.- 14.Society's Perspective.- Part 2.Principles of Ecological Agriculture. 15.Biological Cycles.- 16.Soil Health and Quality.- 17.Farming and Soil Health.- 18.The Past, Present and Future of Chemozem.

Following the events of 9/11, the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency created the Water Protection Task Force (WPTF), which identified water distribution networks as a major area of vulnerability. Steps can be taken to reduce the chances of future occurrences and to make it as difficult as possible for potential saboteurs to succeed, and security will have to be scrutinized with renewed vigor to secure water and wastewater systems against these possible threats. While it is impossible to defend all water treatment facilities against terrorism with existing resources, it is necessary to have a response plan in the event an act of terrorism occurs. Novel technologies from various fields of science and engineering are addressing water security issues and looking for innovative solutions. The need is for rapid on-line detection methods that are accurate and have a wide detection range. Once such technologies are available, there will be a rapid implementation process that will present many business opportunities for the private sector.The proposed volume will address the problems associated with intended terrorist attack or natural disaster affecting water or wastewater systems. The book is divided into parts based on the kinds of threats on a water distribution system: (1) a direct attack on major infrastructure, such as dams, treatment plants, storage reservoirs, and pipelines; (2) a cyber attack disabling the functionality of the water utility system or taking over control of key components which might result water outages; and (3) a deliberate chemical or biological contaminant injection at one of the water distribution system's nodes. It will examine unique plans, technological and managerial innovations in protecting such systems, or description of projects that were implemented. The volume also address the role Public-Private Partnerships in securing such systems. Case studies discuss existing projects evaluates their performance, with an emphasis on providing guidelines involving protecting methods that could be implemented. TOC:Introduction: The Scope of the Water Protection Problem.- Elements of Physical Security.- Planning for Security.- Nature and Consequences of the Attack.- Protecting Against Cyber Warfare.- Contaminant Monitoring Systems.- Placement of Sensors.- Containment Strategy.- Chlorine Residual Management.- Nebraska's Drinking Water Protection System.- Cincinnati's Approach.- Privatization and Water Protection.

There are so many different subsets of Java across the Java Platform--Java SE, Java EE, Java ME, Java FX--that it's hard to know where to start. The answer is right here! "Getting Started with Java" is a beginner's guide to the Java platform that cuts through all of the confusion and guides readers through creating applications.

Using developer tools, readers will dissect and rebuild a SharePoint 2010 site--from the default settings to a customized user experience.

Migration, both behind and beyond borders, has become an increasingly prominent issue in domestic and international debates. The HDR09 proposes to address this theme, exploring how the movement of people can expand human capabilities and entitlements, and how to address the underlying inequalities and distortions which limit the potential gains.

MooTools is a light, modular JavaScript framework that makes adding Ajax, animations, and interactive elements to your site a breeze. But it's more than fancy effects and shortcuts; MooTools enhances the JavaScript language and makes writing clean, object-oriented code almost pleasant. Unlocking the power of MooTools, and therefore JavaScript, isn't that hard, but knowing where to start can be. The Definitive Guide to MooTools aims to help you accomplish that task with the following: Illustrations of nearly every class and function in the library Real-world examples of how to use them Written by MooTools user/contributor and MooTorial author Aaron Newton. You will see how MooTools makes JavaScript more powerful with this complete and definitive reference to the MooTools library. What you'll learn See how to use the library and understand how JavaScript/MooTools is different from other programming languages. Get step-by-step code authoring examples. Explore real-world examples of how to accomplish common fundamental tasks. Extend and use the newly available extensive MooTools Plug-ins library. Create your own plug-ins and JavaScript/Ajax Widgets with MooTools. Who is this book for? This book is for web developers who want to learn an easier and productive way to develop/use JavaScript and Ajax.